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Under Japan and South Korea will likely go
back to sharing intelligence through the
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U.S. Military and experts say there's
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a risk information could be lost in the
process that was Reuters who Grace Lee
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President Trump and leaders of Britain
Canada France Germany Italy and Japan will
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be in Francis weekend for the annual group
of 7 Summit White House correspondent
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Patsey we'd of course wara has more
on how disagreements with the U.S.
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President are already affecting
the meetings leaders of the G.
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7 are bracing for an American president
known for his anti globalist outlook and
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sometimes combative stance against allies
as analysts have been bullying the. G.
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8 summits sometimes and this is
really the 1st one and actually. At
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last year's G 7 in Quebec President Donald
Trump threatened to halt trade relations
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with several member nations called his hose
Canadian prime minister Justin's of the
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week and we tried to do his endorsement of
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a joint communique on Wednesday French
president Manuel McClellan declared there
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will be no communique of the 1st in G 7
history citing differences between Trump
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and other leaders on Iran and climate change
this posture on the world stage which
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some see as belligerent is in line with
America for his doctrine it may serve him
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politically as he was for
reelection in 2020 that was V.O.A.
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White House correspondent Patsy. Trump
has again floated the idea of inviting
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Russia back into the group in 2014 G 8
members suspended Russia's membership over
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the annexation of Crimea Ukrainian territory
Brazil's ultra right President dry
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year balsa nado is accusing his French
counterpart of encroaching on his country's
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sovereignty this after President McCrone
said Amazon wildfires should be at the top
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of the G 7 agenda in our 0 responded his
government is open to dialogue the rest of
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his response is on V.O.A. News
dot com. I'm Liz Palka V.O.A.
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News.
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This is Africa news tonight on The Voice
of America. Good evening and welcome
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welcome to Africa news tonight from the
English to Africa Service of the Voice of
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America your source for Pan African news
and world development. In Washington
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coming up on Africa news tonight if we
don't act now in that event tomorrow we
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cannot help the children to have
access to education which is
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a fundamental human rights that UNICEF
goodwill ambassador on how closure of
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schools due to attacks and threats are
affecting children and Central and West
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Africa details coming up also another
journalist has been arrested in Tanzania in
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what government critics are calling
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a crackdown on the media well you have these
stories and more ahead on Africa news
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tonight. I would
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top story the U.N.
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Killed and spawned reports conflict is
robbing nearly 2000000 children across 8
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countries in West and Central Africa
for an education and a viable future
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a new UNICEF report warns that will have
negative consequences for countries that
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need an educated workforce to rebuild
their shattered economies He said reports
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from the launch of the report and good
need for the UN children's agency reports
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schools across West and Central Africa are
being deliberately targeted by insurgent
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groups he says an upsurge in attacks and
threats of violence have forced more than
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$9000.00 schools in the region to close
since the end of 2017 UNICEF goodwill
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ambassador and resumed. Then who has just
returned from or miss it tamale describes
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the suffering of the children she met as
living in fear of their lives and their
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futures many schools have been attacked and
which it is not that many children out
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of her school which effect the future of
those companies and if we don't act now
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and do that then tomorrow we cannot help
the children to have access to education
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which is that sentiment that he will not
write on his passionate about her mission
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she is
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a Syrian refugee who was forced to flee
her war torn country going 2013 she spent
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several years in a refugee camp my from
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a camp was not easy but she says she was
able to get an education she says this
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caper hope and had
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a positive impact on her life she
says she wants other children in dire
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circumstances travelling the same
opportunities she has had she tells V.O.A.
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That children who have no education.
To abuse manipulation and exploitation
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sometimes they are exploited
tetchily are met it at such
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a young age maybe they will be also and
they are bored and them most didn't get I
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think when they can go for recruitment by
the lowest get out of the gold so those
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that has to grow up can exploit
them can use them as child is still
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a just and this can lead to
throw you that if you have
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a bad life UNICEF is working with
authorities and communities to support
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alternative learning opportunities these
include Community Learning Centers regular
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school programs and Craig based learning
initiatives the agency has appealed for
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$221000000.02 pay for educational psychosocial
supporting care for school children
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and other essential programs in the region
it has received less than 30 percent of
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got
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a mouth appealing to donors to answer its
call for support. In providing New Orleans
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of African children with an education
and a future. For you know
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a new. Another journalist has
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been arrested in Tanzania in what
government critics are calling
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a crackdown on media the arrest of Joseph
Gandhi came yesterday after he reported
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that police allegedly tortured detainees
in the central region he reports
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he reports for what did to the television
according to the Tanzania and human
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rights defenders coalition which owns the
online channel the group says Gundy is
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accused of publishing false information on
another Tanzanian journalist attic cabin
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that was detained less than
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a month ago and has been charged with
organized crime and financial offenses
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Reporters Without Borders has called
President John mug of poorly print press
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freedom predator and dropped and dropped
an zinnia $25.00 places down on its
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annual present freedom index this year my
gut fully has shut down newspapers banned
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opposition rallies switched off live
broadcasts of parliamentary sessions and used
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the cyber crimes law to jail critics.
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A terror group in southern and central
Africa commit to deadly attacks and pledge
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allegiance to the Islamic state experts
are trying to determine how big
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a threat they pose to the region and the
wider world via way Salim Salamone has the
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story. Experts are warning that
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a focus on elected Islamist militant
ties is hindering efforts to respond to
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insurgencies and was on bake and the
Democratic Republic of Congo on April 18th
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a strike on an Army base near the Congo's
border with Uganda left several Congolese
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soldiers dead and others injured it was
the 1st attack credited to well why it's
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Central Africa previously known
as the Allied democratic forces
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a group that has pledged
allegiance to I.A.S.
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a Month later and I ascribed to Chris
possibility for attacks in northern
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Mozambique part of
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a growing insurgency in the country led
by several groups including. Gemma and al
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Shabaab there's
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a lot of opacity around this we don't
know exactly who these guys are but they
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clearly have an Islamist bent but they're
also in bed with some of the organized
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crime networks up there that's how they get
some of the revenues and they may even
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have some networks across the borders
borders very porous in that part of
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Mozambique That's Josh Rama Servia
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a senior policy analyst at the Heritage
Foundation he says the group shares its
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name but there is no known connection
with this so many terrorist organization
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al-Shabaab on July 24 I has
released a video featuring
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a man named Chef de la mun who called for
an end to division and fighting among
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Muslims in Central Africa he
also called for the creation of
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a caliphate The video features
heavily armed fighters and
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a forested area pledging
allegiance to I.A.S.
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But experts are unsure whether
links to I guess signal
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a new threat or simply reflect the group's
attempt to raise their profile Ryan
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O'Farrell and extremism researcher at Johns
Hopkins University said experts have
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found virtually no evidence that I as has
trained funded or accused it's African
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affiliates It also doesn't necessarily
say that Islamic state you know they're
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obviously
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a poll over the government and most of
them haven't received training or weapons.
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From
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a selective central piece pretty much all
of its affiliates are local groups that
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have local recruitment networks and local
financial capacity epochal weapons
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determined channels so they affiliate
themselves with Islamic State of the plans
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but the real tangible connections are quite
rarely there nearly daily attacks in
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the couple Delgado region have made the
insurgency in Mozambique one of Africa's
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deadliest the group in the D.R. C.
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Has pulled off high profile attacks killing
UN peacekeepers O'Farrell added their
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targets are primarily local that's fairly
early in their MO for some of the more
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powerful is on state affiliates but within
those zones so with and her story enough
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to do and with and cut out or in northern
Mozambique very active use of an
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associate professor and no put to Mozambique
said rather than receiving arms or
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provisions from I.A.S.
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And Sergeant groups in Mozambique are
capturing them from them was Ambika an armed
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forces particularly activity very particular
to police presence here in person
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there that they've gotten the nomination
and so on and it seems that they
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themselves who did operations probably when
they correct then surgeon scene was on
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because hard to understand because they
have not made any public pronouncements
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they're decentralized and likely include
former street hawkers with links to
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organized crime Jed every month director
of the Africa Program at the Center for
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Strategic and International Studies said
the insurgency in Mozambique may have
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Islamist roots but other factors fuel it
this is what I would call an incepted
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insurgency that's important because it
means that there are opportunities here in
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the embryonic stage to address its concern
stuff it out and bring back some of
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these individuals par society oil and
gas companies hiring locals who might
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otherwise become frustrated and
join the insurgency would help
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a lot different man said Adam believes
the insurgency cannot be addressed by
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looking at it internationally and said he
urged policy. Makers to look at the local
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grievances of northern was on break which
is long been cut off from the economic
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Cobbs of the country and under-served by
the central government well you. Know.
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What. Part of the problem.
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Salim Solomon News Washington.
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15 past the hour here listening to African
news tonight on The Voice of America at
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least 130 Nigerian refugees who fled
the book or how to see in Cameroon
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have been flown to your lawyer in Nigeria
is Adam our state they expressed hope
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they will find peace after several years
of hard trust to teach that made them
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escape Nigeria it's the 1st phase of
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a voluntary repository Asian exercise
organized by Cameroon Nigeria and the United
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Nations Moki Hadwin cancer watched as
they left and has this report for the.
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Often like children. From the rooms that
matter was so much international. As
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a 133 different genes from 25 families
head to the town of Houla among them
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one year old. Who says he is
anxious to return after 4 yes in
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Cameroon. Time got to come out
of that help to keep us in Ghana
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country and then our countries
need to come out and his. Book
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is one of 810000 my children's home to
United Nations say flat coming from.
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The valley in like. He left when I would
have to come that is home to nearly
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$90000.00 people at least $30000.00
additional refugees have been living in
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villages surrounding become the
United Nations Refugee Agency It
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has not said how many have voluntarily
agreed to return. Saudia Oh my father took
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my G.P.S.
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Meaning stuff humanitarian affairs disaster
management and Social Development says
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the refugees are leaving falling in March
2017 tripartite agreement 4 day voluntary
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the patrician of my gender Fiji's living
in Cameroon common room Nigeria and you
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and C.
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Are signed. Photo saying they have made
necessary arrangements for their socio
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economic in session in to Nigeria we're
going to put them I know Reception Center
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for. Mike's mummify something this after
we will be taken back to Dad respective
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communities and we are going to support
same way with schools we can climb and so
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the idea can be back on to my feet they
can be economically self-reliant G I want
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but Kerry Governor of Cameron's
finance region that she has
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a border with Nigeria since many of the
refugees want to return but are reluctant
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because early voting them with animals
they have been keeping in Cameroon is
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difficult many refuse. Cowards.
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That's why some of the I still
think it is necessary to see. The
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wall back on. Me gee I went back and
he said Cameron's government to let
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them go with their livestock by rude when
the I show of their security last week
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Cameron and authorities warned that. Maybe
planning rates that could affect school
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children and their teachers when the economic
begins in September 3 of issues have
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begun giving huge consignments of food
money and equipment to militias on the
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northern border with Nigeria defending areas
from which the military has would draw
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on. The United Nations reports that's
their 10 year book quantum value and such
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displeased over $2700000.00 people
including some 210900 feet G.'s into
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neighboring countries the insurgent group
promotes an extreme form of Islamist
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fundamentalism and opposes Western
style education. And doing.
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For v in the mind of one common rule.
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Life even President George we are one
student those term limits for president
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representatives and
senators most has got as
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a weak reports from Monrovia. President
George Weah assembled dozens of
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legislators over the weekend urged
them to yes let off. Access for
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a constitutional change to reduce the term
of the president from 6 years to 5 years
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he also one vet presented to us to say 5
years instead of cigs and sent us to sit
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for 7 years instead of 9 deaths at the
presidential press sector is Smith to be
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says the president intends is to push Wolfie
shows to begin serving the people from
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the day they are some of his says to
Fischer's Nick Clegg That duties and begin
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actually working at the close of the terms
which he says hampered development for
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example or senator for how would for the
last 2 years of his 9 years to start to
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take development twice county that is not
fair in terms of representation some
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lawmakers tend to be complacent
they've got 6 years they can start
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a working age in the last 3 years of their
administration that is also not being
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fair to the trees the president sometimes
6 years and they start to wake maybe the
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last 2 years if you if you start the way
to me did it upon your election as of the
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one I got 5 years you not take some time
toll toll played around and attended Tower
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One was that is passed to give extra
breading and attention to those who will be
00:18:14
elected to this position or start to
wake immediately upon the election some
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legislate those who attended the meeting
praised the president for coming out to
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explain his intent on some of the legislations
who want them to pass representative
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rich things is the perfect way to understand
the laws the I took deliberate on
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we've. Just come says the
president how this kind of
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a very rigorous outreach. We revise our to
the WITH OUR And I think he will in our
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direction see how best to work to. Go. To
be able to go in Representative Francis
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De Paul for county things the best way to
solve some of Liberia's major issue is to
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rewrite the constitution some people will
vote for the proposition for the point of
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. A political opposition is one of. The
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people you much about best thing to do is
to rewrite the Constitution but is facing
00:19:17
when he of the county said rewriting the
constitution would take time and resources
00:19:23
rewriting
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a constitution is very much Jimmy this
important by giving the time interval you
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cannot rewrite your constitution
for just 6 more you talk about is
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a process is not even so I think. The
proposition and making sure that the
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law is relax and flexible the next step
would be review read an entire Constitution
00:19:45
this is not the 1st time the
idea of terms has come up
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a constitutional review committee on
00:19:52
a form of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Miss similar recommendation after doing
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initial work constitution but their
recommendations were no way we also used to
00:20:03
gather in the 25. Most of which
concerns constitutional amendments for
00:20:09
instance us asking for
00:20:11
a change to allow Liberians to hold
dual citizenship mosts guys to the news
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Monrovia. Cases of rape in Nigeria
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are on the increase at
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a very alarming rate among women young
girls and even infants according to
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a report by UNICEF and $2151.00 in 4
girls and one in 10 boys in Nigeria had
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experienced sexual violence before the
age of 18 the majority of the cases went
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unreported in the past probably because
of the stigma so sayat he associates with
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the act. But in the last couple of years
of victims of sexual violence have been
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stepping forward to narrate
their ordeals reporter gift
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a good reader visited the salon March sexual
assault referral center in Guam on our
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one General Hospital in Could do not
state to look at the disturbing trend 3
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survivors who preferred to
remain anonymous told V.O.A.
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About their experiences the spirit in the
house a language and page an English
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a 3 year old girl who was on the day care
of her grandmother was allegedly raped
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twice by
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a 44 year old neighbor Oh the grandmother
narrated what happened to him that we
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have been banging many an idea in for cooking
she says she was reluctant to report
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it to the police because she believed she
would not get justice and be the point
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we'll no one would believe harm it wasn't
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a 2nd chance that she ran to the cinema
center and received help you have the money
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like it's
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a nice finnicky that. The 2nd survivor
in her late thirty's says to move
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one of the staff to changing the one
when she was kidnapped in her home while
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sleeping with her husband and child she
says how doctors met her walk through the
00:22:12
night in thick forests later the 3 of them
took turns raping hard every morning and
00:22:18
evening and to ransom was paid
and the free heart goes yes
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RINGBACK. A 10 year old girl who aids the
3rd survivor was reportedly raped by
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a 29 year old man who lives in her neighborhood
each era tax she says she was lured
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to
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a Connor by the traitor in the prisons that
he wanted hard to run an errand the man
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stalked her he jumped in her mouth and raped
her outside the compound to keep cool
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Juliana Jones says is the manager
of the Salaam a sexual assault
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a river real center she says 90 percent of
the victims of being sexually abused by
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people who the know had grandparents in
their biological granddaughter us we've had
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5 of us who have been down ballot because
the test to hype phone calls they've been
00:23:12
Dennis is on
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a fuse we have trust tech neighbors you
have plane and you in trust your children
00:23:20
to take care of your neighbor and that
it can be about this a different story
00:23:25
a good number of the perpetrators of
rape move about freely due to poor
00:23:30
investigation barristers enough Aminah
Garba press and other international
00:23:35
federation of Women Lawyers Fida in Kaduna
says rape has become an epidemic in the
00:23:42
north west where it is mob even though
it's only going to be happening to
00:23:48
only do maybe it's happened in 2 men and
00:23:52
a boy been defined so like it has been
voted on. It is very What is so neat is I
00:23:58
limp you don't need to create
00:24:00
a new government to see that such oh
do something very very fast Yacoob
00:24:05
a sample the Police Public Relations Officer
include in the state's command set so
00:24:11
many replaces involving children go on
investigated because parents want to protect
00:24:17
children from stigmatization some find
it is cheating it is by sticking to that
00:24:22
believes it can expose our child to the
public that the Red Cross says she made
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love to get into my board because of steam
as to how so this kind of position will
00:24:36
be laid down in the spirit confine
ministry secret interest when
00:24:40
a child is involved cases
00:24:42
a sub advised parents to be watchful Indian
never hoot and be mindful of who they
00:24:48
leave their children with the lying
Jaron Criminal Code recommends
00:24:52
a life imprisonment for rape convicts
and 14 years imprisonment for
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a 10 to 3 Fulvio a this
is the gift I get from
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00:25:09
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00:28:09
a lot of Marine One the other cycling
mountain bike gold medal on Friday she
00:28:15
pedaled the 60 kilometer course in
2 hours 28 minutes and 43 seconds
00:28:22
in African game swimming there were 10
finals on Thursday evening South African
00:28:29
swimmers won 5 gold medals Egyptian swimmers
won 4 gold medals and the other gold
00:28:35
medal in the men's 400 meters individual
medley went to the Algerian Romsey church
00:28:42
are who touched the wall in 4 minutes
and 23.53 seconds and let's give us
00:28:48
Sunny Side a sports salute
to a Gyptian swimmer for
00:28:53
a rida Osmani she set
00:28:56
a new African record in the
women's 50 metres butterfly with
00:29:01
a time of 25.94 seconds the
A Gyptian dominated the
00:29:08
medal table at the 2015 African Games and
Congo Brazzaville and they're showing
00:29:14
strong signs of doing the same in
Morocco with medal still to be
00:29:21
awarded on Friday the Egyptians
have 50 medals total 14 gold 20
00:29:27
silver and 16 bronze SOUTH
AFRICA is next with 27 medals 12
00:29:34
gold 9 silver and 6 bronze and
Algeria is 3rd with 30 medals
00:29:42
10 gold 8 silver and 12 bronze and
while the Algerians have more
00:29:48
total medals than the South
Africans keep in mind V.O.A.
00:29:53
Sports fans the south that. For Akin's are
ahead of them on the medal table because
00:29:58
they have more gold which carry more
weight in African Games SAF let X.
00:30:05
The track and field action begins Monday
at the prince more lay ob the law stadium
00:30:10
and robot Sunday Adelaide A is the technical
director of the Athletics Federation
00:30:16
of Nigeria in an interview with Iron
Mike in-born Yeah Sunday said Nigerian
00:30:23
athletes are healthy and excited
about winning medals in Morocco.
00:30:32
And. The. Year.
00:30:42
Without. Ledley. How many
00:30:50
official did the track and field
travel to miracle we did have
00:30:55
a total shift to athlete 6. Is there
00:31:00
a least special area and the track and
field event that's you think you know will
00:31:06
get more medals every event too special
to. Cause or take you there for your
00:31:12
friends are very special
because. Her regular.
00:31:20
Talk More scare you have telling you
think calm regarding the freedom as some
00:31:25
preparedness of the I mean it's all so far
so good. To me it's OK we're going to
00:31:31
level off into the system. Oh
she thought ready for the.
00:31:41
Injury so far. Which country are
00:31:48
you as big as serious
00:31:50
a position from I begin. One consulate
game like this. Try to stay focused
00:31:56
on them they are awesome traits and you
know one team that's not just you know that
00:32:00
Nigeria is also
00:32:02
a serious contender our group comes to this
level not even while we have this kind
00:32:07
of need so I didn't very well in the war
so leave the son to about Conti's sweetly
00:32:13
get them to console no worry about us why
we is the true cost of this mess we'll be
00:32:19
busy I think when we fly off what we do in
between you'll be good thing. So one day
00:32:25
at least 2000 also take you need us Charles
to get on the dole to go constraints.
00:32:33
So free. You don't talk on T.
00:32:37
To. HAVE IT guy and get mind that OK
we're going to use this let's just play
00:32:44
the girl who had
00:32:45
a local school so good let's use it to
qualify for the football club not qualify
00:32:50
for the World Championship on 22 Olympics
that Sunday Adelaide the technical
00:32:56
director of the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria and Sunday spoke with Iron Mike I'm
00:33:03
born Yeah on the telephone from robot Morocco
I made any song to lead to technical
00:33:09
director let's accept
00:33:10
a shot Nigeria. Because I'm to take on the
Paul DOS let's accept the subject of my
00:33:16
jail I want to say
00:33:17
a special shout out so just tell me aside
all sports thank you very much our
00:33:23
fellows lovely day.
00:33:46
Basically. Sunny Young in Washington and
00:33:53
you're listening to them. Sunnyside
of sports on the Voice of America
00:34:00
Sunday at
00:34:01
a lady I mentioned how some of the
Nigerian athletes at the African Games in
00:34:06
Morocco will try to qualify for
the 2020 Olympics and Tokyo Well
00:34:12
23 year old Gabriella de Stafford is
hoping to represent Canada at her
00:34:19
2nd Olympics next year in
Japan Gabrielle made her
00:34:23
a limp big debut at the 2016 Olympics in
Brazil where she competed in the women's
00:34:30
1500 meters event the energetic Indy Edwards
caught up with the Canadian athlete at
00:34:37
the recent more grand prix mate in Birmingham
England Here's an the. You're having
00:34:43
a great season Canadian record 50100
combined 2nd today in Birmingham
00:34:50
but of course there's interest in that you
are an Anglo Canadian combination and
00:34:56
now you're being coached by Andy
Young who guides the career of
00:35:00
a certain Norm your. House I've been feeling
because as I understand it you know
00:35:04
you're based in Glasgow now so how's that
working out oh it's going really well and
00:35:08
I'm so grateful for the opportunity that
Andy Laura and John the have afforded me
00:35:14
and you know took to work with the best
in the world is such a blessing and
00:35:17
a once in a lifetime opportunity
and it's been it's been
00:35:21
a challenge of course but it's mostly been
going very well and my husband is also
00:35:26
British and so we've been able to make
that move together and so to have somebody
00:35:30
like a partner doing this move with
me makes it really exciting and
00:35:34
a very smooth transition so how did it come
about I mean was it Kismet fate or did
00:35:39
you get Andy Young approach you you know
was Laura the intermediary Yeah so we knew
00:35:45
. Our connection was we're part of the
scene sports agency so actually at
00:35:50
Birmingham last year I was introduced to
Andy through my agent Dan Wheeler. So yeah
00:35:56
that's how that's how we met so we got year
at this meeting is the training you do
00:36:01
with them now markedly different to
what you used to do. There are some big
00:36:06
differences I come from
00:36:07
a background of kind of lower volume higher
intensity and quality my coach my old
00:36:13
coach Terry Rich Hanko in Toronto that
was his approach so it wasn't like
00:36:17
a drastically different
in terms of coming from
00:36:19
a really high volume lots of tempos
and thresholds have to program with
00:36:24
a lot more intensity or vice versa so that
was good in terms of similarities but
00:36:28
yeah there are some big differences of
course just the just the intensity of the
00:36:32
work I think going from
00:36:33
a collegiate to of our approach program
and then obviously just trying to keep up
00:36:38
with one of the best athletes in the world
right now you know it's going to be
00:36:41
a lot faster so yeah I
mean obviously you're in
00:36:45
a status international Do you I mean
yes norm you're is it's fair to say no
00:36:52
slouch but do you have to be
careful of that training in
00:36:57
a way there's no amount of competition in
training or not to do your best racing
00:37:02
and trying to stay with her yeah yeah I
think that if you think you can surprise
00:37:08
yourself by how hard you can push in
training so long as you're doing the
00:37:11
appropriate things to recover
from it like sleeping
00:37:13
a lot eating well you know that that helps
stuff so I think just China keep up with
00:37:20
Laura as much as I can you know those
workouts where I can't keep up with her
00:37:23
that's fine it's just about showing up
every day or giving it 100 percent giving
00:37:28
your best so presumably Of course this is
World Champ but Olympics Tokyo next year
00:37:35
I mean this is
00:37:36
a partnership you know your expected to
continue for quite some time yes for sure
00:37:41
yeah definitely Well we're in
00:37:44
a. Second place in Birmingham but also and
this. Was surgeon scenario only for you
00:37:50
in the Anglo Canadian combination thank
you thank you very much for your trio
00:37:54
that's can maybe. ATHLETE Gabriella debate
Stafford and she was talking with the
00:37:59
energetic Gandee Edwards at the recent
bowler Grand Prix mate and Birmingham
00:38:04
England and this fun fact about
Gabrielle her father James was also
00:38:10
a runner and he competed for Canada at 4
World Cross-Country Championships Sunday
00:38:17
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you're listening to the sunny side of
00:40:42
sports on the Voice of America in
African football news Liberia has
00:40:49
appointed Peter Butler as the new head
coach of the national team nicknamed the
00:40:54
Lone Star the 52 year old British coach
previously was in charge of Botswana
00:41:00
between 20142017 in an interview
with Moses Garcia Wu coach Butler
00:41:07
talked about what he hopes to
accomplish with Liberia have
00:41:11
a great day likes Paris watch in Africa for
3 now fears took Botswana to $86.00 in
00:41:16
the face around kids with little or no mana
on Broadway every chair down is down to
00:41:20
23 so I think the most important thing from
my point of view is to identify recruit
00:41:25
a young squad the new young squad bring
in some experienced players who can
00:41:30
actually support those players I mean and
get some results and make progress down
00:41:34
the road on the obviously very close if I'm
looking forward to the challenge that I
00:41:38
do and if it is say you have
00:41:40
a mandate or yeah they are probably
good enough to qualified initial
00:41:45
222 and of course in the issues Cup you up
to that level I think the most important
00:41:51
thing is that she is challenge you
can achieve a lot and you can learn
00:41:55
a lot. You can learn
00:41:56
a lot whether you could you know for you
know good enough and I think the most
00:41:59
important thing is that if we all work
together we'll go somewhere down the road
00:42:02
watching achieving our our hopes and dreams
and to be realistic it won't be easy
00:42:08
it's going to be. It's only
00:42:10
a year's contract some emotional especially
after 6 months either the opportunities
00:42:14
to go elsewhere I can assure you this
is not a money move far from it this is
00:42:18
a bow taken on
00:42:19
a challenge where I appeal to my back and
national team football and working with
00:42:25
some very very talented young players How
difficult was to make that decision did
00:42:29
you have something that influenced you most
in terms of like you're not really not
00:42:34
. Heard a lot about read
00:42:36
a lot about Liberia you know obviously for
the right reasons the wrong reasons and
00:42:40
I think the most important
thing is never judge
00:42:42
a book by its cover it's the you know come
and see the place and meet the people
00:42:46
1st I found the people so far fantastic
very friendly very hospitable but like I
00:42:52
said I'm I'm not here in holiday I'm not
here for the money I'm here to watch
00:42:56
really help develop
00:42:58
a new team and get some results moving
forward in the future George we have some
00:43:03
influence on your security spirits don't
like the area from. His excellence in
00:43:08
Georgia where who was a wonderful
football nothing key you know it's
00:43:13
a common to work in an environment where
he's the private He's the president of the
00:43:17
country. It's an honor in itself and
hopefully I'll meet him somewhere down the
00:43:23
road and we can sell football to represent
libraries it is an honor and I'm very
00:43:30
I'm very thankful to give him the opportunity
we're going to work through with the
00:43:35
Liberia not sure I know that it's I want
football saying they want to play football
00:43:39
they want to play possession best football
but I had He's not going to talk in slam
00:43:42
on an even possession and going nowhere you
need to play with the tempo you need to
00:43:47
get bodies forward and you need
00:43:50
a change in that same unnatural we're looking
to bring in players with youthful and
00:43:54
nature and more. Important you know with
00:43:57
a steely resolve about the group
I do believe that there's
00:44:01
a talent marriage just needs nurture in and
hopefully you know we love the time to
00:44:06
actually put together
00:44:07
a squad which you can actually challenge
and realize those results that's Peter
00:44:12
Butler the new head coach of Liberia's
national football team the Lone Star and
00:44:17
coach Butler spoke with Moses Garcia when
Liberia's capital Monrovia Joining us now
00:44:23
with more football news from Africa is
Sampson Oh my way sporty grading sepsis
00:44:29
sporty Greetings to you Sunny South Africa
Football Association Safa will this
00:44:34
weekend launch the 1st Women's National
Football League in South Africa but there
00:44:40
is no clarity on prize money for the
champions and monthly grants the historic
00:44:44
Women's National League with 12
teams across the country compete in
00:44:48
a round robin system stuff the president
Danny Jordaan confirmed none of the
00:44:53
marches will be televised for now but
that the association is engaging
00:44:57
a number of broadcasters we have to strengthen
the clubs not the clubs or basically
00:45:03
clubs from grassroots
football amateur clubs and
00:45:06
a whole range of measures must be taken
to strengthen those clubs to be able to
00:45:11
compete at
00:45:11
a national level. Vice President Ria leg
while older 12 teams will be assisted
00:45:18
financially throughout the
season we are we thought
00:45:21
a sponsor. This leak and when
need is established we wake up
00:45:28
around the clock to make sure we did this
in the sustainable and Kenya where for
00:45:34
booking out for drinks in President Nick
Manuel work has defended the latest
00:45:38
decision to appoint Francis Kamandi as the
head coach of the national team. F T F
00:45:45
president maintains it was
the right time to bring in
00:45:47
a new coach for the national team following
the exit of Sebastian McMeen we have to
00:45:54
discuss with him in. With. This
team for want of this experience
00:46:02
with the national team for the sport the
newly appointed coach Francis Kamandi says
00:46:07
you will be seeking to build on the front
left by departed Frenchman to Mignini.
00:46:14
To satisfy the beautiful game
but to play most of the.
00:46:26
Best but. Only run north from
00:46:31
a gun 1000 national general Google has
passed away at the age of 40 the form of
00:46:36
Nottingham Forest player has been blocked.
After he retired from football he had
00:46:42
won 26 caps for Ghana and was
00:46:45
a country star of the 2008 Afghan Cup of
Nations Here's how some fans reacted to
00:46:51
the news of the death of the gunmen former
football strong and he was one of the
00:46:55
players who was very strong because that
only blacks the I have a crush on was
00:47:00
a fantastic player. Like
him. Did his nephew I had
00:47:06
a crush on him very strong and can take on
to defenders any time he came on to the
00:47:10
pitch they go all excited I am. Thanks
00:47:17
Samson Junior A Go Go sealed this place
in the hearts of Ghana football fans with
00:47:24
his performance at the 2008 Africa Cup of
Nations tournaments which Ghana hosted Jr
00:47:31
scored 3 goals including a late winner
in the quarter finals that lifted gun to
00:47:37
a $21.00 victory over Nigeria former Black
Stars midfielder Laryea Kingston says
00:47:43
and I quote I think that was the goal that
sealed his popularity in Ghana during
00:47:49
the tournament we could feel the juniors
influence in the team grow and his pop.
00:47:55
Hilarity go up but that goal sealed
everything Meanwhile junior ago goes
00:48:02
former English clubs pay tribute on
social media 1st Nottingham Forest
00:48:09
rest in peace Jr Nottingham Forest football
club is saddened to learn that former
00:48:15
striker Junior A Go Go has passed away
the thoughts of everyone at the club are
00:48:21
with juniors family and friends at this
sad time Bristol Rovers Football Club had
00:48:27
this to say rest in peace Junior A Go Go
00:48:32
a gas legend scoring 41 goals in 126
00:48:38
appearances our thoughts are with
his family and friends at this time
00:48:44
Sheffield Wednesday and Barnett F.C.
00:48:47
Also expressed condolences over the
death of Junior go go now let's go to
00:48:54
Mongolia which traditionally celebrates
archery wrestling and horse racing during
00:49:01
its not dom festival the horse racing is
proving controversial as we hear now from
00:49:07
my V.O.A.
00:49:08
Colleague Jim Stevenson. Mongolia's
most famous horse festival is
00:49:15
a celebrated event across the country but
in the background rights groups are very
00:49:20
concerned more than $10000.00 children
participate in nearly $400.00 races in
00:49:25
Mongolia each year an average of 600 child
jockeys are thrown from their horse and
00:49:31
in 201-7169 were killed growing up
on the edge of the Gobi Desert in
00:49:37
a nomadic family no moon must work as
00:49:40
a jockey riding in Mongolia as
big as tours racing event than
00:49:44
a Dom This is just that even
if it is. An Alice 5 I started
00:49:51
to ride horses and I have been racing now
for 4 years my father trains the horses
00:49:55
in. Time to chalk you to race them Mongolian
courts have banned child riders from
00:49:59
racing in winter and spring races in
response to the high numbers of deaths and
00:50:04
injuries recorded each year but most horse
racing families continue to swing child
00:50:09
jockeys back up into the saddle despite
new regulations introduced 3 years ago to
00:50:16
stay to catch the news when the kids are
jockeys it is good for their health care
00:50:21
exercise it is
00:50:22
a national tradition now morning didn't
have any accidents so far but when she
00:50:27
races I always worry her. Right school
horse trainers for putting children's
00:50:33
lives even more at risk we're tired of vents
organizers are worried the traditional
00:50:38
Madonna festival is now turning into
00:50:40
a business pushing horses and child
jockeys to the limits segment some B.
00:50:46
Are trained horses. I've trained
in recent horses since the
00:50:52
1970 S.
00:50:53
Really started early with preparation and
giving them an extra fee to make them
00:50:56
strong now the rules aren't strict and
everything is becoming easier and about the
00:51:00
prize money with regulations poorly enforced
and perpetrators of child fatalities
00:51:05
rarely punished the fate of improving horse
racing standards in Mongolia are slim
00:51:11
to none says she will continue racing to
make her family happy and I now ask was it
00:51:16
hit listeners. When I race especially my
brother when I when my brother so glad and
00:51:22
proud of me and thanks to my V.O.A.
00:51:25
Colleague Jim Stephenson for that report
and that wraps up the August 23rd
00:51:31
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00:51:39
Thanks also to V.O.A.
00:51:41
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00:51:47
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00:51:50
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00:51:59
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This is very. U.S.
00:57:11
President Donald Trump lashing out against
China on Twitter and said he will
00:57:16
respond to the latest tariffs Friday
afternoon China announced it will raise
00:57:20
tariffs on $75000000000.00 of U.S.
00:57:22
Goods and resume 25 percent tariffs on
American auto that's in retaliation against
00:57:28
Trump's plan September 1st duty
increase Trump said on Twitter the U.S.
00:57:33
Has lost trillions of dollars to China
over many years and he won't let that
00:57:38
continue he said companies
should make products in the U.S.
00:57:41
Instead North Korea is sending
00:57:44
a warning to the United States Friday it's
ready for dialogue or standoff when it
00:57:49
comes to stalled nuclear talks the North
Korean foreign minister also said it would
00:57:54
be
00:57:54
a miscalculation if Washington imposed
more sanctions on. South Korea says
00:58:01
it will scrap an intelligence sharing pact
with Japan that is hit trade hard and
00:58:06
undercut security cooperation over North
Korea Reuters Grace Lee reports Japan's
00:58:12
prime minister was on the offensive Friday
after Seoul announced it was cutting
00:58:16
intelligence ties with Tokyo that means it
won't share information on North Korea.
00:58:24
Unfortunately Korea has continued with
responses that damage the trust between our
00:58:29
2 countries it's the latest development in
00:58:32
a growing dispute between the 2 countries
that's affected everything from trade to
00:58:37
diplomacy and now national security
00:58:40
a pact between them was due for automatic
renewal on Saturday it's what allowed
00:58:45
them to share intel on the North's weapons
program but South Korea on Thursday said
00:58:50
it's dropping. Japan's defense minister
has called for Soul to reconsider saying
00:58:56
that South Korea didn't appreciate the
growing threat from North of its border that
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was Reuters at Grace Lee
reporting this is V.O.A.
00:59:05
News. Malta has agreed to allow
00:59:08
a charity ship carrying more than $350.00
migrants mainly from Sudan to dock the
00:59:13
island nation gave the Norwegian flag
ocean Viking permission to dock after 6
00:59:18
European countries reached an agreement
to take in the migrants aid organizations
00:59:23
operating the ocean Viking rescue ship
on Friday called on Europe to devise
00:59:27
standard solutions to taking in migrants
stranded stranded in the Mediterranean Max
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Eva says a search and rescue me.
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Under Japan and South Korea will likely go
back to sharing intelligence through the
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U.S. Military and experts say there's
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a risk information could be lost in the
process that was Reuters who Grace Lee
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President Trump and leaders of Britain
Canada France Germany Italy and Japan will
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be in Francis weekend for the annual group
of 7 Summit White House correspondent
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Patsey we'd of course wara has more
on how disagreements with the U.S.
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President are already affecting
the meetings leaders of the G.
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7 are bracing for an American president
known for his anti globalist outlook and
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sometimes combative stance against allies
as analysts have been bullying the. G.
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8 summits sometimes and this is
really the 1st one and actually. At
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last year's G 7 in Quebec President Donald
Trump threatened to halt trade relations
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with several member nations called his hose
Canadian prime minister Justin's of the
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week and we tried to do his endorsement of
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a joint communique on Wednesday French
president Manuel McClellan declared there
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will be no communique of the 1st in G 7
history citing differences between Trump
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and other leaders on Iran and climate change
this posture on the world stage which
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some see as belligerent is in line with
America for his doctrine it may serve him
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politically as he was for
reelection in 2020 that was V.O.A.
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White House correspondent Patsy. Trump
has again floated the idea of inviting
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Russia back into the group in 2014 G 8
members suspended Russia's membership over
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the annexation of Crimea Ukrainian territory
Brazil's ultra right President dry
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year balsa nado is accusing his French
counterpart of encroaching on his country's
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sovereignty this after President McCrone
said Amazon wildfires should be at the top
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of the G 7 agenda in our 0 responded his
government is open to dialogue the rest of
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his response is on V.O.A. News
dot com. I'm Liz Palka V.O.A.
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News.
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This is Africa news tonight on The Voice
of America. Good evening and welcome
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welcome to Africa news tonight from the
English to Africa Service of the Voice of
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America your source for Pan African news
and world development. In Washington
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coming up on Africa news tonight if we
don't act now in that event tomorrow we
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cannot help the children to have
access to education which is
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a fundamental human rights that UNICEF
goodwill ambassador on how closure of
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schools due to attacks and threats are
affecting children and Central and West
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Africa details coming up also another
journalist has been arrested in Tanzania in
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what government critics are calling
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a crackdown on the media well you have these
stories and more ahead on Africa news
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tonight. I would
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top story the U.N.
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Killed and spawned reports conflict is
robbing nearly 2000000 children across 8
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countries in West and Central Africa
for an education and a viable future
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a new UNICEF report warns that will have
negative consequences for countries that
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need an educated workforce to rebuild
their shattered economies He said reports
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from the launch of the report and good
need for the UN children's agency reports
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schools across West and Central Africa are
being deliberately targeted by insurgent
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groups he says an upsurge in attacks and
threats of violence have forced more than
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$9000.00 schools in the region to close
since the end of 2017 UNICEF goodwill
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ambassador and resumed. Then who has just
returned from or miss it tamale describes
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the suffering of the children she met as
living in fear of their lives and their
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futures many schools have been attacked and
which it is not that many children out
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of her school which effect the future of
those companies and if we don't act now
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and do that then tomorrow we cannot help
the children to have access to education
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which is that sentiment that he will not
write on his passionate about her mission
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she is
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a Syrian refugee who was forced to flee
her war torn country going 2013 she spent
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several years in a refugee camp my from
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a camp was not easy but she says she was
able to get an education she says this
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caper hope and had
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a positive impact on her life she
says she wants other children in dire
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circumstances travelling the same
opportunities she has had she tells V.O.A.
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That children who have no education.
To abuse manipulation and exploitation
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sometimes they are exploited
tetchily are met it at such
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a young age maybe they will be also and
they are bored and them most didn't get I
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think when they can go for recruitment by
the lowest get out of the gold so those
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that has to grow up can exploit
them can use them as child is still
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a just and this can lead to
throw you that if you have
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a bad life UNICEF is working with
authorities and communities to support
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alternative learning opportunities these
include Community Learning Centers regular
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school programs and Craig based learning
initiatives the agency has appealed for
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$221000000.02 pay for educational psychosocial
supporting care for school children
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and other essential programs in the region
it has received less than 30 percent of
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got
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a mouth appealing to donors to answer its
call for support. In providing New Orleans
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of African children with an education
and a future. For you know
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a new. Another journalist has
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been arrested in Tanzania in what
government critics are calling
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a crackdown on media the arrest of Joseph
Gandhi came yesterday after he reported
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that police allegedly tortured detainees
in the central region he reports
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he reports for what did to the television
according to the Tanzania and human
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rights defenders coalition which owns the
online channel the group says Gundy is
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accused of publishing false information on
another Tanzanian journalist attic cabin
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that was detained less than
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a month ago and has been charged with
organized crime and financial offenses
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Reporters Without Borders has called
President John mug of poorly print press
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freedom predator and dropped and dropped
an zinnia $25.00 places down on its
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annual present freedom index this year my
gut fully has shut down newspapers banned
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opposition rallies switched off live
broadcasts of parliamentary sessions and used
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the cyber crimes law to jail critics.
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A terror group in southern and central
Africa commit to deadly attacks and pledge
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allegiance to the Islamic state experts
are trying to determine how big
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a threat they pose to the region and the
wider world via way Salim Salamone has the
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story. Experts are warning that
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a focus on elected Islamist militant
ties is hindering efforts to respond to
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insurgencies and was on bake and the
Democratic Republic of Congo on April 18th
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a strike on an Army base near the Congo's
border with Uganda left several Congolese
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soldiers dead and others injured it was
the 1st attack credited to well why it's
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Central Africa previously known
as the Allied democratic forces
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a group that has pledged
allegiance to I.A.S.
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a Month later and I ascribed to Chris
possibility for attacks in northern
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Mozambique part of
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a growing insurgency in the country led
by several groups including. Gemma and al
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Shabaab there's
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a lot of opacity around this we don't
know exactly who these guys are but they
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clearly have an Islamist bent but they're
also in bed with some of the organized
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crime networks up there that's how they get
some of the revenues and they may even
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have some networks across the borders
borders very porous in that part of
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Mozambique That's Josh Rama Servia
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a senior policy analyst at the Heritage
Foundation he says the group shares its
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name but there is no known connection
with this so many terrorist organization
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al-Shabaab on July 24 I has
released a video featuring
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a man named Chef de la mun who called for
an end to division and fighting among
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Muslims in Central Africa he
also called for the creation of
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a caliphate The video features
heavily armed fighters and
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a forested area pledging
allegiance to I.A.S.
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But experts are unsure whether
links to I guess signal
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a new threat or simply reflect the group's
attempt to raise their profile Ryan
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O'Farrell and extremism researcher at Johns
Hopkins University said experts have
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found virtually no evidence that I as has
trained funded or accused it's African
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affiliates It also doesn't necessarily
say that Islamic state you know they're
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obviously
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a poll over the government and most of
them haven't received training or weapons.
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From
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a selective central piece pretty much all
of its affiliates are local groups that
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have local recruitment networks and local
financial capacity epochal weapons
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determined channels so they affiliate
themselves with Islamic State of the plans
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but the real tangible connections are quite
rarely there nearly daily attacks in
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the couple Delgado region have made the
insurgency in Mozambique one of Africa's
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deadliest the group in the D.R. C.
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Has pulled off high profile attacks killing
UN peacekeepers O'Farrell added their
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targets are primarily local that's fairly
early in their MO for some of the more
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powerful is on state affiliates but within
those zones so with and her story enough
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to do and with and cut out or in northern
Mozambique very active use of an
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associate professor and no put to Mozambique
said rather than receiving arms or
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provisions from I.A.S.
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And Sergeant groups in Mozambique are
capturing them from them was Ambika an armed
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forces particularly activity very particular
to police presence here in person
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there that they've gotten the nomination
and so on and it seems that they
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themselves who did operations probably when
they correct then surgeon scene was on
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because hard to understand because they
have not made any public pronouncements
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they're decentralized and likely include
former street hawkers with links to
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organized crime Jed every month director
of the Africa Program at the Center for
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Strategic and International Studies said
the insurgency in Mozambique may have
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Islamist roots but other factors fuel it
this is what I would call an incepted
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insurgency that's important because it
means that there are opportunities here in
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the embryonic stage to address its concern
stuff it out and bring back some of
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these individuals par society oil and
gas companies hiring locals who might
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otherwise become frustrated and
join the insurgency would help
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a lot different man said Adam believes
the insurgency cannot be addressed by
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looking at it internationally and said he
urged policy. Makers to look at the local
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grievances of northern was on break which
is long been cut off from the economic
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Cobbs of the country and under-served by
the central government well you. Know.
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What. Part of the problem.
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Salim Solomon News Washington.
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15 past the hour here listening to African
news tonight on The Voice of America at
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least 130 Nigerian refugees who fled
the book or how to see in Cameroon
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have been flown to your lawyer in Nigeria
is Adam our state they expressed hope
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they will find peace after several years
of hard trust to teach that made them
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escape Nigeria it's the 1st phase of
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a voluntary repository Asian exercise
organized by Cameroon Nigeria and the United
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Nations Moki Hadwin cancer watched as
they left and has this report for the.
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Often like children. From the rooms that
matter was so much international. As
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a 133 different genes from 25 families
head to the town of Houla among them
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one year old. Who says he is
anxious to return after 4 yes in
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Cameroon. Time got to come out
of that help to keep us in Ghana
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country and then our countries
need to come out and his. Book
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is one of 810000 my children's home to
United Nations say flat coming from.
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The valley in like. He left when I would
have to come that is home to nearly
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$90000.00 people at least $30000.00
additional refugees have been living in
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villages surrounding become the
United Nations Refugee Agency It
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has not said how many have voluntarily
agreed to return. Saudia Oh my father took
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my G.P.S.
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Meaning stuff humanitarian affairs disaster
management and Social Development says
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the refugees are leaving falling in March
2017 tripartite agreement 4 day voluntary
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the patrician of my gender Fiji's living
in Cameroon common room Nigeria and you
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and C.
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Are signed. Photo saying they have made
necessary arrangements for their socio
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economic in session in to Nigeria we're
going to put them I know Reception Center
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for. Mike's mummify something this after
we will be taken back to Dad respective
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communities and we are going to support
same way with schools we can climb and so
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the idea can be back on to my feet they
can be economically self-reliant G I want
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but Kerry Governor of Cameron's
finance region that she has
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a border with Nigeria since many of the
refugees want to return but are reluctant
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because early voting them with animals
they have been keeping in Cameroon is
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difficult many refuse. Cowards.
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That's why some of the I still
think it is necessary to see. The
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wall back on. Me gee I went back and
he said Cameron's government to let
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them go with their livestock by rude when
the I show of their security last week
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Cameron and authorities warned that. Maybe
planning rates that could affect school
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children and their teachers when the economic
begins in September 3 of issues have
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begun giving huge consignments of food
money and equipment to militias on the
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northern border with Nigeria defending areas
from which the military has would draw
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on. The United Nations reports that's
their 10 year book quantum value and such
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displeased over $2700000.00 people
including some 210900 feet G.'s into
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neighboring countries the insurgent group
promotes an extreme form of Islamist
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fundamentalism and opposes Western
style education. And doing.
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For v in the mind of one common rule.
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Life even President George we are one
student those term limits for president
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representatives and
senators most has got as
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a weak reports from Monrovia. President
George Weah assembled dozens of
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legislators over the weekend urged
them to yes let off. Access for
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a constitutional change to reduce the term
of the president from 6 years to 5 years
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he also one vet presented to us to say 5
years instead of cigs and sent us to sit
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for 7 years instead of 9 deaths at the
presidential press sector is Smith to be
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says the president intends is to push Wolfie
shows to begin serving the people from
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the day they are some of his says to
Fischer's Nick Clegg That duties and begin
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actually working at the close of the terms
which he says hampered development for
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example or senator for how would for the
last 2 years of his 9 years to start to
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take development twice county that is not
fair in terms of representation some
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lawmakers tend to be complacent
they've got 6 years they can start
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a working age in the last 3 years of their
administration that is also not being
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fair to the trees the president sometimes
6 years and they start to wake maybe the
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last 2 years if you if you start the way
to me did it upon your election as of the
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one I got 5 years you not take some time
toll toll played around and attended Tower
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One was that is passed to give extra
breading and attention to those who will be
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elected to this position or start to
wake immediately upon the election some
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legislate those who attended the meeting
praised the president for coming out to
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explain his intent on some of the legislations
who want them to pass representative
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rich things is the perfect way to understand
the laws the I took deliberate on
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we've. Just come says the
president how this kind of
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a very rigorous outreach. We revise our to
the WITH OUR And I think he will in our
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direction see how best to work to. Go. To
be able to go in Representative Francis
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De Paul for county things the best way to
solve some of Liberia's major issue is to
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rewrite the constitution some people will
vote for the proposition for the point of
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. A political opposition is one of. The
00:19:10
people you much about best thing to do is
to rewrite the Constitution but is facing
00:19:17
when he of the county said rewriting the
constitution would take time and resources
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rewriting
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a constitution is very much Jimmy this
important by giving the time interval you
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cannot rewrite your constitution
for just 6 more you talk about is
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a process is not even so I think. The
proposition and making sure that the
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law is relax and flexible the next step
would be review read an entire Constitution
00:19:45
this is not the 1st time the
idea of terms has come up
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a constitutional review committee on
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a form of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Miss similar recommendation after doing
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initial work constitution but their
recommendations were no way we also used to
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gather in the 25. Most of which
concerns constitutional amendments for
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instance us asking for
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a change to allow Liberians to hold
dual citizenship mosts guys to the news
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Monrovia. Cases of rape in Nigeria
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are on the increase at
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a very alarming rate among women young
girls and even infants according to
00:20:31
a report by UNICEF and $2151.00 in 4
girls and one in 10 boys in Nigeria had
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experienced sexual violence before the
age of 18 the majority of the cases went
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unreported in the past probably because
of the stigma so sayat he associates with
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the act. But in the last couple of years
of victims of sexual violence have been
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stepping forward to narrate
their ordeals reporter gift
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a good reader visited the salon March sexual
assault referral center in Guam on our
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one General Hospital in Could do not
state to look at the disturbing trend 3
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survivors who preferred to
remain anonymous told V.O.A.
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About their experiences the spirit in the
house a language and page an English
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a 3 year old girl who was on the day care
of her grandmother was allegedly raped
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twice by
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a 44 year old neighbor Oh the grandmother
narrated what happened to him that we
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have been banging many an idea in for cooking
she says she was reluctant to report
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it to the police because she believed she
would not get justice and be the point
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we'll no one would believe harm it wasn't
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a 2nd chance that she ran to the cinema
center and received help you have the money
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like it's
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a nice finnicky that. The 2nd survivor
in her late thirty's says to move
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one of the staff to changing the one
when she was kidnapped in her home while
00:22:06
sleeping with her husband and child she
says how doctors met her walk through the
00:22:12
night in thick forests later the 3 of them
took turns raping hard every morning and
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evening and to ransom was paid
and the free heart goes yes
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RINGBACK. A 10 year old girl who aids the
3rd survivor was reportedly raped by
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a 29 year old man who lives in her neighborhood
each era tax she says she was lured
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to
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a Connor by the traitor in the prisons that
he wanted hard to run an errand the man
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stalked her he jumped in her mouth and raped
her outside the compound to keep cool
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Juliana Jones says is the manager
of the Salaam a sexual assault
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a river real center she says 90 percent of
the victims of being sexually abused by
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people who the know had grandparents in
their biological granddaughter us we've had
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5 of us who have been down ballot because
the test to hype phone calls they've been
00:23:12
Dennis is on
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a fuse we have trust tech neighbors you
have plane and you in trust your children
00:23:20
to take care of your neighbor and that
it can be about this a different story
00:23:25
a good number of the perpetrators of
rape move about freely due to poor
00:23:30
investigation barristers enough Aminah
Garba press and other international
00:23:35
federation of Women Lawyers Fida in Kaduna
says rape has become an epidemic in the
00:23:42
north west where it is mob even though
it's only going to be happening to
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only do maybe it's happened in 2 men and
00:23:52
a boy been defined so like it has been
voted on. It is very What is so neat is I
00:23:58
limp you don't need to create
00:24:00
a new government to see that such oh
do something very very fast Yacoob
00:24:05
a sample the Police Public Relations Officer
include in the state's command set so
00:24:11
many replaces involving children go on
investigated because parents want to protect
00:24:17
children from stigmatization some find
it is cheating it is by sticking to that
00:24:22
believes it can expose our child to the
public that the Red Cross says she made
00:24:29
love to get into my board because of steam
as to how so this kind of position will
00:24:36
be laid down in the spirit confine
ministry secret interest when
00:24:40
a child is involved cases
00:24:42
a sub advised parents to be watchful Indian
never hoot and be mindful of who they
00:24:48
leave their children with the lying
Jaron Criminal Code recommends
00:24:52
a life imprisonment for rape convicts
and 14 years imprisonment for
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a 10 to 3 Fulvio a this
is the gift I get from
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a Buddha Nigeria. And that wraps up
00:25:09
this edition of Africa news tonight I'm
usually deep in Washington for all the
00:25:13
latest developments on the continent
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Sunday Young in Washington Happy
00:27:28
Friday and well. A sunny side
of sports in medal results
00:27:34
Friday at the African Games in Morocco
riders from Namibia and Maria Show us one
00:27:41
gold medals in the men's and women's cycling
mountain bike cross country marathon
00:27:47
a vents numb it be as Tristan de
long one is 2nd gold medal at robot
00:27:53
2019 covering the sick. The kilometer
course in one hour 53 minutes and 11
00:27:59
seconds Tristen also want to gold
medal Wednesday in the 30 kilometer
00:28:06
cross country event Mary let Court debate
00:28:09
a lot of Marine One the other cycling
mountain bike gold medal on Friday she
00:28:15
pedaled the 60 kilometer course in
2 hours 28 minutes and 43 seconds
00:28:22
in African game swimming there were 10
finals on Thursday evening South African
00:28:29
swimmers won 5 gold medals Egyptian swimmers
won 4 gold medals and the other gold
00:28:35
medal in the men's 400 meters individual
medley went to the Algerian Romsey church
00:28:42
are who touched the wall in 4 minutes
and 23.53 seconds and let's give us
00:28:48
Sunny Side a sports salute
to a Gyptian swimmer for
00:28:53
a rida Osmani she set
00:28:56
a new African record in the
women's 50 metres butterfly with
00:29:01
a time of 25.94 seconds the
A Gyptian dominated the
00:29:08
medal table at the 2015 African Games and
Congo Brazzaville and they're showing
00:29:14
strong signs of doing the same in
Morocco with medal still to be
00:29:21
awarded on Friday the Egyptians
have 50 medals total 14 gold 20
00:29:27
silver and 16 bronze SOUTH
AFRICA is next with 27 medals 12
00:29:34
gold 9 silver and 6 bronze and
Algeria is 3rd with 30 medals
00:29:42
10 gold 8 silver and 12 bronze and
while the Algerians have more
00:29:48
total medals than the South
Africans keep in mind V.O.A.
00:29:53
Sports fans the south that. For Akin's are
ahead of them on the medal table because
00:29:58
they have more gold which carry more
weight in African Games SAF let X.
00:30:05
The track and field action begins Monday
at the prince more lay ob the law stadium
00:30:10
and robot Sunday Adelaide A is the technical
director of the Athletics Federation
00:30:16
of Nigeria in an interview with Iron
Mike in-born Yeah Sunday said Nigerian
00:30:23
athletes are healthy and excited
about winning medals in Morocco.
00:30:32
And. The. Year.
00:30:42
Without. Ledley. How many
00:30:50
official did the track and field
travel to miracle we did have
00:30:55
a total shift to athlete 6. Is there
00:31:00
a least special area and the track and
field event that's you think you know will
00:31:06
get more medals every event too special
to. Cause or take you there for your
00:31:12
friends are very special
because. Her regular.
00:31:20
Talk More scare you have telling you
think calm regarding the freedom as some
00:31:25
preparedness of the I mean it's all so far
so good. To me it's OK we're going to
00:31:31
level off into the system. Oh
she thought ready for the.
00:31:41
Injury so far. Which country are
00:31:48
you as big as serious
00:31:50
a position from I begin. One consulate
game like this. Try to stay focused
00:31:56
on them they are awesome traits and you
know one team that's not just you know that
00:32:00
Nigeria is also
00:32:02
a serious contender our group comes to this
level not even while we have this kind
00:32:07
of need so I didn't very well in the war
so leave the son to about Conti's sweetly
00:32:13
get them to console no worry about us why
we is the true cost of this mess we'll be
00:32:19
busy I think when we fly off what we do in
between you'll be good thing. So one day
00:32:25
at least 2000 also take you need us Charles
to get on the dole to go constraints.
00:32:33
So free. You don't talk on T.
00:32:37
To. HAVE IT guy and get mind that OK
we're going to use this let's just play
00:32:44
the girl who had
00:32:45
a local school so good let's use it to
qualify for the football club not qualify
00:32:50
for the World Championship on 22 Olympics
that Sunday Adelaide the technical
00:32:56
director of the Athletics Federation of
Nigeria and Sunday spoke with Iron Mike I'm
00:33:03
born Yeah on the telephone from robot Morocco
I made any song to lead to technical
00:33:09
director let's accept
00:33:10
a shot Nigeria. Because I'm to take on the
Paul DOS let's accept the subject of my
00:33:16
jail I want to say
00:33:17
a special shout out so just tell me aside
all sports thank you very much our
00:33:23
fellows lovely day.
00:33:46
Basically. Sunny Young in Washington and
00:33:53
you're listening to them. Sunnyside
of sports on the Voice of America
00:34:00
Sunday at
00:34:01
a lady I mentioned how some of the
Nigerian athletes at the African Games in
00:34:06
Morocco will try to qualify for
the 2020 Olympics and Tokyo Well
00:34:12
23 year old Gabriella de Stafford is
hoping to represent Canada at her
00:34:19
2nd Olympics next year in
Japan Gabrielle made her
00:34:23
a limp big debut at the 2016 Olympics in
Brazil where she competed in the women's
00:34:30
1500 meters event the energetic Indy Edwards
caught up with the Canadian athlete at
00:34:37
the recent more grand prix mate in Birmingham
England Here's an the. You're having
00:34:43
a great season Canadian record 50100
combined 2nd today in Birmingham
00:34:50
but of course there's interest in that you
are an Anglo Canadian combination and
00:34:56
now you're being coached by Andy
Young who guides the career of
00:35:00
a certain Norm your. House I've been feeling
because as I understand it you know
00:35:04
you're based in Glasgow now so how's that
working out oh it's going really well and
00:35:08
I'm so grateful for the opportunity that
Andy Laura and John the have afforded me
00:35:14
and you know took to work with the best
in the world is such a blessing and
00:35:17
a once in a lifetime opportunity
and it's been it's been
00:35:21
a challenge of course but it's mostly been
going very well and my husband is also
00:35:26
British and so we've been able to make
that move together and so to have somebody
00:35:30
like a partner doing this move with
me makes it really exciting and
00:35:34
a very smooth transition so how did it come
about I mean was it Kismet fate or did
00:35:39
you get Andy Young approach you you know
was Laura the intermediary Yeah so we knew
00:35:45
. Our connection was we're part of the
scene sports agency so actually at
00:35:50
Birmingham last year I was introduced to
Andy through my agent Dan Wheeler. So yeah
00:35:56
that's how that's how we met so we got year
at this meeting is the training you do
00:36:01
with them now markedly different to
what you used to do. There are some big
00:36:06
differences I come from
00:36:07
a background of kind of lower volume higher
intensity and quality my coach my old
00:36:13
coach Terry Rich Hanko in Toronto that
was his approach so it wasn't like
00:36:17
a drastically different
in terms of coming from
00:36:19
a really high volume lots of tempos
and thresholds have to program with
00:36:24
a lot more intensity or vice versa so that
was good in terms of similarities but
00:36:28
yeah there are some big differences of
course just the just the intensity of the
00:36:32
work I think going from
00:36:33
a collegiate to of our approach program
and then obviously just trying to keep up
00:36:38
with one of the best athletes in the world
right now you know it's going to be
00:36:41
a lot faster so yeah I
mean obviously you're in
00:36:45
a status international Do you I mean
yes norm you're is it's fair to say no
00:36:52
slouch but do you have to be
careful of that training in
00:36:57
a way there's no amount of competition in
training or not to do your best racing
00:37:02
and trying to stay with her yeah yeah I
think that if you think you can surprise
00:37:08
yourself by how hard you can push in
training so long as you're doing the
00:37:11
appropriate things to recover
from it like sleeping
00:37:13
a lot eating well you know that that helps
stuff so I think just China keep up with
00:37:20
Laura as much as I can you know those
workouts where I can't keep up with her
00:37:23
that's fine it's just about showing up
every day or giving it 100 percent giving
00:37:28
your best so presumably Of course this is
World Champ but Olympics Tokyo next year
00:37:35
I mean this is
00:37:36
a partnership you know your expected to
continue for quite some time yes for sure
00:37:41
yeah definitely Well we're in
00:37:44
a. Second place in Birmingham but also and
this. Was surgeon scenario only for you
00:37:50
in the Anglo Canadian combination thank
you thank you very much for your trio
00:37:54
that's can maybe. ATHLETE Gabriella debate
Stafford and she was talking with the
00:37:59
energetic Gandee Edwards at the recent
bowler Grand Prix mate and Birmingham
00:38:04
England and this fun fact about
Gabrielle her father James was also
00:38:10
a runner and he competed for Canada at 4
World Cross-Country Championships Sunday
00:38:17
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00:40:36
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you're listening to the sunny side of
00:40:42
sports on the Voice of America in
African football news Liberia has
00:40:49
appointed Peter Butler as the new head
coach of the national team nicknamed the
00:40:54
Lone Star the 52 year old British coach
previously was in charge of Botswana
00:41:00
between 20142017 in an interview
with Moses Garcia Wu coach Butler
00:41:07
talked about what he hopes to
accomplish with Liberia have
00:41:11
a great day likes Paris watch in Africa for
3 now fears took Botswana to $86.00 in
00:41:16
the face around kids with little or no mana
on Broadway every chair down is down to
00:41:20
23 so I think the most important thing from
my point of view is to identify recruit
00:41:25
a young squad the new young squad bring
in some experienced players who can
00:41:30
actually support those players I mean and
get some results and make progress down
00:41:34
the road on the obviously very close if I'm
looking forward to the challenge that I
00:41:38
do and if it is say you have
00:41:40
a mandate or yeah they are probably
good enough to qualified initial
00:41:45
222 and of course in the issues Cup you up
to that level I think the most important
00:41:51
thing is that she is challenge you
can achieve a lot and you can learn
00:41:55
a lot. You can learn
00:41:56
a lot whether you could you know for you
know good enough and I think the most
00:41:59
important thing is that if we all work
together we'll go somewhere down the road
00:42:02
watching achieving our our hopes and dreams
and to be realistic it won't be easy
00:42:08
it's going to be. It's only
00:42:10
a year's contract some emotional especially
after 6 months either the opportunities
00:42:14
to go elsewhere I can assure you this
is not a money move far from it this is
00:42:18
a bow taken on
00:42:19
a challenge where I appeal to my back and
national team football and working with
00:42:25
some very very talented young players How
difficult was to make that decision did
00:42:29
you have something that influenced you most
in terms of like you're not really not
00:42:34
. Heard a lot about read
00:42:36
a lot about Liberia you know obviously for
the right reasons the wrong reasons and
00:42:40
I think the most important
thing is never judge
00:42:42
a book by its cover it's the you know come
and see the place and meet the people
00:42:46
1st I found the people so far fantastic
very friendly very hospitable but like I
00:42:52
said I'm I'm not here in holiday I'm not
here for the money I'm here to watch
00:42:56
really help develop
00:42:58
a new team and get some results moving
forward in the future George we have some
00:43:03
influence on your security spirits don't
like the area from. His excellence in
00:43:08
Georgia where who was a wonderful
football nothing key you know it's
00:43:13
a common to work in an environment where
he's the private He's the president of the
00:43:17
country. It's an honor in itself and
hopefully I'll meet him somewhere down the
00:43:23
road and we can sell football to represent
libraries it is an honor and I'm very
00:43:30
I'm very thankful to give him the opportunity
we're going to work through with the
00:43:35
Liberia not sure I know that it's I want
football saying they want to play football
00:43:39
they want to play possession best football
but I had He's not going to talk in slam
00:43:42
on an even possession and going nowhere you
need to play with the tempo you need to
00:43:47
get bodies forward and you need
00:43:50
a change in that same unnatural we're looking
to bring in players with youthful and
00:43:54
nature and more. Important you know with
00:43:57
a steely resolve about the group
I do believe that there's
00:44:01
a talent marriage just needs nurture in and
hopefully you know we love the time to
00:44:06
actually put together
00:44:07
a squad which you can actually challenge
and realize those results that's Peter
00:44:12
Butler the new head coach of Liberia's
national football team the Lone Star and
00:44:17
coach Butler spoke with Moses Garcia when
Liberia's capital Monrovia Joining us now
00:44:23
with more football news from Africa is
Sampson Oh my way sporty grading sepsis
00:44:29
sporty Greetings to you Sunny South Africa
Football Association Safa will this
00:44:34
weekend launch the 1st Women's National
Football League in South Africa but there
00:44:40
is no clarity on prize money for the
champions and monthly grants the historic
00:44:44
Women's National League with 12
teams across the country compete in
00:44:48
a round robin system stuff the president
Danny Jordaan confirmed none of the
00:44:53
marches will be televised for now but
that the association is engaging
00:44:57
a number of broadcasters we have to strengthen
the clubs not the clubs or basically
00:45:03
clubs from grassroots
football amateur clubs and
00:45:06
a whole range of measures must be taken
to strengthen those clubs to be able to
00:45:11
compete at
00:45:11
a national level. Vice President Ria leg
while older 12 teams will be assisted
00:45:18
financially throughout the
season we are we thought
00:45:21
a sponsor. This leak and when
need is established we wake up
00:45:28
around the clock to make sure we did this
in the sustainable and Kenya where for
00:45:34
booking out for drinks in President Nick
Manuel work has defended the latest
00:45:38
decision to appoint Francis Kamandi as the
head coach of the national team. F T F
00:45:45
president maintains it was
the right time to bring in
00:45:47
a new coach for the national team following
the exit of Sebastian McMeen we have to
00:45:54
discuss with him in. With. This
team for want of this experience
00:46:02
with the national team for the sport the
newly appointed coach Francis Kamandi says
00:46:07
you will be seeking to build on the front
left by departed Frenchman to Mignini.
00:46:14
To satisfy the beautiful game
but to play most of the.
00:46:26
Best but. Only run north from
00:46:31
a gun 1000 national general Google has
passed away at the age of 40 the form of
00:46:36
Nottingham Forest player has been blocked.
After he retired from football he had
00:46:42
won 26 caps for Ghana and was
00:46:45
a country star of the 2008 Afghan Cup of
Nations Here's how some fans reacted to
00:46:51
the news of the death of the gunmen former
football strong and he was one of the
00:46:55
players who was very strong because that
only blacks the I have a crush on was
00:47:00
a fantastic player. Like
him. Did his nephew I had
00:47:06
a crush on him very strong and can take on
to defenders any time he came on to the
00:47:10
pitch they go all excited I am. Thanks
00:47:17
Samson Junior A Go Go sealed this place
in the hearts of Ghana football fans with
00:47:24
his performance at the 2008 Africa Cup of
Nations tournaments which Ghana hosted Jr
00:47:31
scored 3 goals including a late winner
in the quarter finals that lifted gun to
00:47:37
a $21.00 victory over Nigeria former Black
Stars midfielder Laryea Kingston says
00:47:43
and I quote I think that was the goal that
sealed his popularity in Ghana during
00:47:49
the tournament we could feel the juniors
influence in the team grow and his pop.
00:47:55
Hilarity go up but that goal sealed
everything Meanwhile junior ago goes
00:48:02
former English clubs pay tribute on
social media 1st Nottingham Forest
00:48:09
rest in peace Jr Nottingham Forest football
club is saddened to learn that former
00:48:15
striker Junior A Go Go has passed away
the thoughts of everyone at the club are
00:48:21
with juniors family and friends at this
sad time Bristol Rovers Football Club had
00:48:27
this to say rest in peace Junior A Go Go
00:48:32
a gas legend scoring 41 goals in 126
00:48:38
appearances our thoughts are with
his family and friends at this time
00:48:44
Sheffield Wednesday and Barnett F.C.
00:48:47
Also expressed condolences over the
death of Junior go go now let's go to
00:48:54
Mongolia which traditionally celebrates
archery wrestling and horse racing during
00:49:01
its not dom festival the horse racing is
proving controversial as we hear now from
00:49:07
my V.O.A.
00:49:08
Colleague Jim Stevenson. Mongolia's
most famous horse festival is
00:49:15
a celebrated event across the country but
in the background rights groups are very
00:49:20
concerned more than $10000.00 children
participate in nearly $400.00 races in
00:49:25
Mongolia each year an average of 600 child
jockeys are thrown from their horse and
00:49:31
in 201-7169 were killed growing up
on the edge of the Gobi Desert in
00:49:37
a nomadic family no moon must work as
00:49:40
a jockey riding in Mongolia as
big as tours racing event than
00:49:44
a Dom This is just that even
if it is. An Alice 5 I started
00:49:51
to ride horses and I have been racing now
for 4 years my father trains the horses
00:49:55
in. Time to chalk you to race them Mongolian
courts have banned child riders from
00:49:59
racing in winter and spring races in
response to the high numbers of deaths and
00:50:04
injuries recorded each year but most horse
racing families continue to swing child
00:50:09
jockeys back up into the saddle despite
new regulations introduced 3 years ago to
00:50:16
stay to catch the news when the kids are
jockeys it is good for their health care
00:50:21
exercise it is
00:50:22
a national tradition now morning didn't
have any accidents so far but when she
00:50:27
races I always worry her. Right school
horse trainers for putting children's
00:50:33
lives even more at risk we're tired of vents
organizers are worried the traditional
00:50:38
Madonna festival is now turning into
00:50:40
a business pushing horses and child
jockeys to the limits segment some B.
00:50:46
Are trained horses. I've trained
in recent horses since the
00:50:52
1970 S.
00:50:53
Really started early with preparation and
giving them an extra fee to make them
00:50:56
strong now the rules aren't strict and
everything is becoming easier and about the
00:51:00
prize money with regulations poorly enforced
and perpetrators of child fatalities
00:51:05
rarely punished the fate of improving horse
racing standards in Mongolia are slim
00:51:11
to none says she will continue racing to
make her family happy and I now ask was it
00:51:16
hit listeners. When I race especially my
brother when I when my brother so glad and
00:51:22
proud of me and thanks to my V.O.A.
00:51:25
Colleague Jim Stephenson for that report
and that wraps up the August 23rd
00:51:31
edition of the sunny side of. The Voice
of America producer Bill work and.
00:51:39
Thanks also to V.O.A.
00:51:41
Engineer Thomas death. And
thank you for tuning in
00:51:47
VO a sunny Young in Washington have
00:51:50
a nice weekend everyone that's Sunny. I
00:51:59
get it.
00:52:08
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00:53:36
This is something that's in
00:53:38
a minute. Sleep deprivation has
long been linked with having
00:53:43
a higher risk for cardiovascular disease
and even death from coronary heart disease
00:53:49
a study published in The Journal
Psychosomatic Medicine suggests one possible
00:53:53
reason is that having
00:53:54
a bad night. Sleep can cause blood pressure
to spike the researchers studied 300
00:54:00
men and women between the ages of 21 and
70 with no history of heart problems the
00:54:05
participants more portable blood pressure
cuffs and have their blood pressure
00:54:09
randomly measured over
00:54:11
a 2 day to night period to gauge their sleep
efficiency they also were devices that
00:54:16
measured movement as they slept researchers
found that the participants with lower
00:54:22
sleep efficiency readings also showed an
increase in blood pressure during the
00:54:26
night and
00:54:27
a higher systolic or upper number blood
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This is very. U.S.
00:57:11
President Donald Trump lashing out against
China on Twitter and said he will
00:57:16
respond to the latest tariffs Friday
afternoon China announced it will raise
00:57:20
tariffs on $75000000000.00 of U.S.
00:57:22
Goods and resume 25 percent tariffs on
American auto that's in retaliation against
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Trump's plan September 1st duty
increase Trump said on Twitter the U.S.
00:57:33
Has lost trillions of dollars to China
over many years and he won't let that
00:57:38
continue he said companies
should make products in the U.S.
00:57:41
Instead North Korea is sending
00:57:44
a warning to the United States Friday it's
ready for dialogue or standoff when it
00:57:49
comes to stalled nuclear talks the North
Korean foreign minister also said it would
00:57:54
be
00:57:54
a miscalculation if Washington imposed
more sanctions on. South Korea says
00:58:01
it will scrap an intelligence sharing pact
with Japan that is hit trade hard and
00:58:06
undercut security cooperation over North
Korea Reuters Grace Lee reports Japan's
00:58:12
prime minister was on the offensive Friday
after Seoul announced it was cutting
00:58:16
intelligence ties with Tokyo that means it
won't share information on North Korea.
00:58:24
Unfortunately Korea has continued with
responses that damage the trust between our
00:58:29
2 countries it's the latest development in
00:58:32
a growing dispute between the 2 countries
that's affected everything from trade to
00:58:37
diplomacy and now national security
00:58:40
a pact between them was due for automatic
renewal on Saturday it's what allowed
00:58:45
them to share intel on the North's weapons
program but South Korea on Thursday said
00:58:50
it's dropping. Japan's defense minister
has called for Soul to reconsider saying
00:58:56
that South Korea didn't appreciate the
growing threat from North of its border that
00:59:01
was Reuters at Grace Lee
reporting this is V.O.A.
00:59:05
News. Malta has agreed to allow
00:59:08
a charity ship carrying more than $350.00
migrants mainly from Sudan to dock the
00:59:13
island nation gave the Norwegian flag
ocean Viking permission to dock after 6
00:59:18
European countries reached an agreement
to take in the migrants aid organizations
00:59:23
operating the ocean Viking rescue ship
on Friday called on Europe to devise
00:59:27
standard solutions to taking in migrants
stranded stranded in the Mediterranean Max
00:59:33
Eva says a search and rescue me.
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